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The Omaha, Nebraska-based Werner Enterprises, Inc., a transportation and logistics company, reported a first-quarter net income of $23.14 million, which represents a 61 percent increase over the $14.34 million net income earned over the same time period in 2014. With total revenues of $495.65 million, a 1 percent increase over the $492 million reported in Q1 for the previous year. A consistent strength in freight demand in Q1 of 2015 resulted in one of the better first quarter freight markets of the past several years, the company said, and the continuing strengthening economy combined with constrained truck capacity is also…

An article posted on the trucking industry news site truckingnewsonline.com discusses the apparent reluctance of fleet owners and to turn to trucks fueled by natural gas. The site reports that while truck drivers and fleets are ordering new equipment 鈥渓ike there鈥檚 no tomorrow,鈥� they haven鈥檛 yet begun purchasing these trucks, which are supposed to be more environmentally friendly than standard diesel-powered trucks. A report released from ACT Research titled 鈥淣atural Gas Quarterly鈥� attributes the rapidly declining diesel fuel costs with lowering the return-on-investment of natural-gas powered trucks, which obviously makes them less attractive to trucking industry officials who make purchasing…

A large, 3-part story at the trucking industry news site truckinginfo.com discusses the history, present and future of emissions testing, and the fuel-efficiency/greenhouse gas regulations, which is in the middle of a tougher, more stringent set of regulations coming into effect. The plan is currently in Phase 2, which tightens restrictions further, after Phase 1 saw engines and vehicles tested separately. However, the story notes that some in the industry say that just one test, with engines rolled into the truck like 鈥渁ny other component,鈥� is preferable to having 2. Engines are currently tested on a dynamometer, and some, including…